Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- York and the Holocaust
- The Mansion House
- The Basilica
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Helen
- Monk Bar
- Rowntree Park
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The George Fox Incident
- Bootham School
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Teaching the Poor
- Viking Boot
- A New Vision For York